SWAN-song: Scotland Re-tenders WAN Framework For Up To £350m
Capita won current deal worth £325m to run public-sector networks until 2023 The Scottish government is re-tendering t... Read more
IETF Rates Itself 'minimally Acceptable' On Key Measures Of Community, Efficacy
Internet standards body admits to gender issues, communications problems, pledges fix for undefined 'high priority conc... Read more
WhatsApp Pulls Plug On Taliban Helpline, Shuts Down Official-looking Accounts
Terrorists' complaint service a bridge too far for encrypted chat biz For months, Facebook's WhatsApp paid no attention... Read more
CES To Require Proof-of-vaccination At 2022 Tech Mega-conference
Because what happens in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas After going entirely virtual this year, the Consumer Electro... Read more
CEO Secrets: Don't Ask For All Your Funding Up Front
Don't ask for all your funding at once, says Zazuu CEO Kay Akinwunmi, but in smaller chunks. Read more
Never Mind Going Electric, Where Will We Park?
UK roads are already jam-packed and that looks set to get worse as more people snap up EVs. Read more
UK's Newport Wafer Fab Now Under Chinese Ownership
Government's promised review hasn't emerged, but Wingtech and Companies House say the deal is done The controversial sa... Read more
China Reports Local Chipmaking Boom With Output Up More Than 40%
PC and smartphone numbers also grew in 2021, suggesting supply chains are strong China has reported dramatic increase i... Read more
Pi Calculated To '62.8 Trillion Digits' With A Pair Of 32-core AMD Epyc Chips, 1TB RAM, 510TB Disk Space
Swiss uni challenges world record after 108 days and 9 hours of divisive effort Switzerland's University of Applied Sci... Read more
The Data Must Flow! Facebook And Google Funding Apricot – A 12,000-kilometre Sub Cable Across South-East-Asia
Nations from Indonesia to Japan to score 190 terabits per second of capacity some time in 2024 Google and Facebook will... Read more
Just How Hard Is It To Recycle A Jumbo Jet?
Thousands of aircraft were left on the tarmac due to Covid, and many will now be broken up for parts. Read more
Scalpel! Superglue! This Mouse Won't Fix Its Own Ball
Desk detritus baffles even the brainiest of boffins Who, Me? Hurrah! A fresh week awaits! Who knows what delights lur... Read more
Facebook And Amazon Take Over Philippines-to-USA Sub Cable After China Mobile Quits
USA's Clean Networks plan appears to have scuppered Chinese participation in 108Tbit/sec CAP-1 cable Amazon Data Servic... Read more
China Warns Game Devs Not To Mess With History
Less-than-literal versions of the past criticised, because somebody needs to think of the children State-run China Nati... Read more
Would You Let A Robot Lawyer Defend You?
Why artificial intelligence is increasingly being used by the legal profession. Read more